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''Faktas'' (English: "Fact", , "Blood Group Zero") is a 1981 Soviet
Lithuanian-language Lithuanian (, ) is an East Baltic languages, East Baltic language belonging to the Baltic languages, Baltic branch of the Indo-European language family. It is the language of Lithuanians and the official language of Lithuania as well as one of t ...
war film War film is a film genre concerned with warfare, typically about navy, naval, air force, air, or army, land battles, with combat scenes central to the drama. It has been strongly associated with the 20th century. The fateful nature of battle s ...
directed by . It was entered into the 1981 Cannes Film Festival, where Yelena Solovey won the award for Best Supporting Actress. The film is based on an actual historical fact from World War II : on June 3, 1944, German soldiers burned the village of Pirčiupiai with all 119 of its inhabitants. The film recreates the events of the
Pirčiupiai massacre Pirčiupiai is a village in (Valkininkai) Elderships of Lithuania, eldership, Varėna district municipality, Alytus County, Dzūkija Regions of Lithuania, region, Lithuania. According to the 2001 census, the village had a population of 103 people. ...
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Regimantas Adomaitis Regimantas Adomaitis (31 January 1937 – 20 June 2022) was a Lithuanian film and stage actor. He was also active in Russia and Germany. Career Adomaitis was born in Šiauliai. He graduated from the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics at Vilniu ...
as Jonas Buckus * Vaiva Mainelytė, Kazia, Jonas's wife *
Donatas Banionis Donatas Banionis (28 April 1924 – 4 September 2014) was a Soviet and Lithuanian stage and film actor and theatre director. He has more than 80 credited roles in cinema and is best known for his performance in the lead role of Andrei Tarkovsky, ...
, Colonel Titelis *
Juozas Budraitis Juozas Budraitis (born 6 October 1940) is a Lithuanian actor. He has appeared in more than 60 films and television shows since 1966. He starred in the Soviet film ''Wounded Game'', which was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival. Budraitis ...
* Uldis Dumpis * Aleksandr Kaidanovsky * Irena-Marija Leonaviciute * Arnis Licitis * Algimantas Masiulis * Laimonas Noreika * Yelena Solovey * Leonid Obolensky * Eugenija Pleskyte


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* 1981 films 1980s war films 1980s Soviet films 1980s Russian-language films 1980s war drama films Soviet war drama films Soviet World War II films Lithuanian-language films Soviet-era Lithuanian films Russian-language war drama films Lithuanian Film Studios films {{Lithuania-film-stub